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10 Baht 'Ploughing Ceremony' Series 2, type I 'Contract'
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance, Siam |
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| Year | 1925 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown-toned note with an intricate guilloche border framing the entire face; at upper centre a Garuda vignette surmounts an ornate cartouche bearing the Thai inscription 'รัฐบาลสยาม' (Government of Siam), with the contract promise text rendered below in Thai script. The denomination 'สิบบาท' appears in a central rosette underprint, Thai and Western numerals '๑๐' and '10' occupying the corners, while a vignette of a three-headed elephant beneath a ceremonial parasol anchors the lower right. Serial number, date, and a manuscript ministerial signature appear at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | รัฐบาลสยาม สัญญาจะจ่ายเงินให้แก่ผู้นำธนบัตรนี้มาขึ้นเป็นเงินตราสยาม สิบบาท ๑๐ 10 เสนาบดีกระทรวงพระคลัง THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED, LONDON. (Translation: Government of Siam — Contract to pay to one redeeming this banknote in Siamese currency — Ten Baht — 10 — Minister of Finance) |
| Reverse description | Brown intaglio-printed reverse centred on a large oval vignette of the Royal Ploughing Ceremony, in which oxen draw a plough attended by robed officials and attendants bearing ceremonial implements in procession across an open field. The oval vignette is enclosed within an elaborate floral and scrollwork guilloche frame, with denomination numerals '๑๐' and '10' set into decorative roundels at the left and right sides respectively. |
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